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On Thursday, former President Trump said he does not support efforts to pressure the Republican National Committee(RNC) into declaring him a “presumptive nominee.”
The former president made the remarks Thursday on his proprietary social media platform, Truth Social.
“While I greatly appreciate the Republican National Committee (RNC) wanting to make me their PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE, and while they have far more votes than necessary to do it, I feel, for the sake of PARTY UNITY, that they should NOT go forward with this plan, but that I should do it the ‘Old Fashioned' way, and finish the process off AT THE BALLOT BOX,” Trump wrote.
Trump's statement pushes back on efforts led by a former aide of his campaign, David Bossie — an RNC committee member who has urged Republicans to rally around the former president.
The RNC was set to consider a resolution that, if approved, would have declared Trump to be the party's presumptive nominee for president in 2024. Fox News Digital obtained a copy of the resolution before it was reportedly withdrawn
In a statement, RNC spokesperson Keith Schipper said, “Resolutions, such as this one, are brought forward by members of the RNC. Chairwoman McDaniel doesn't offer resolutions. This will be taken up by the Resolutions Committee, and they will decide whether to send this resolution to be voted on by the 168 RNC members at our annual meeting next week.”
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